BILL NUMBER: ACR 83	CHAPTERED  03/15/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   36
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MARCH 15, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   MARCH 13, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 26, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lempert

                        AUGUST 18, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 83--Relative to the Civilian
Women Volunteers All Wars Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 83, Lempert.  Civilian Women Volunteers All Wars Memorial
Freeway.
   This measure would designate that portion of State Highway Route
101 between the Ralston Avenue Exit in Belmont, California, to State
Highway Route 92, the Civilian Women Volunteers All Wars Memorial
Freeway.
   The measure also would request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with signing requirements for the state highway system, showing that
special designation and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers.




   WHEREAS, Civilian women volunteers have supported members of the
United States Armed Forces through dedicated and little-known
service; and
   WHEREAS, Civilian women volunteers have run recreation centers and
libraries on military installations, on off-base and post
facilities, and in the fields; and
   WHEREAS, Civilian women volunteers have taught in hospitals and
schools, provided health care to the civilian population, and run
orphanages; and
   WHEREAS, Civilian women volunteers have risked their lives and
jeopardized their health while participating in humanitarian
activities; and
   WHEREAS, During World War I, over 90,000 civilian women served as
volunteers; and during World War II, over 350,000 civilian women
volunteers supported the military overseas and thousands of others
served in stateside positions; and
   WHEREAS, During the Korean War, untold civilian women volunteered
for service; and
   WHEREAS, In Vietnam, over 20,000 civilian women volunteered for
service; and
   WHEREAS, Civilian women volunteers have served in the Persian
Gulf, Somalia, and the Balkans; and
   WHEREAS, These civilian women volunteers came from numerous
organizations, including, but not limited to, religious
organizations, the American Red Cross, the Department of Defense
Special Services, the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), Women Air Service Pilots (WASPs), and USO clubs
and USO shows; and
   WHEREAS, Civilian women volunteers have supported health care
services and improved the quality of life for the soldiers and the
civilian population as well, without expectation of compensation or
future reward; and
   WHEREAS, During these times of war and conflict, many civilian
women volunteers were taken prisoner, or classified as Missing In
Action (MIA); and
   WHEREAS, Over 500 of these civilian women volunteers have died in
the service of their country; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the State of California memorialize all
civilian women volunteers who have served in support of our Armed
Forces from 1914 to the present and who will serve in the future, by
designating that portion of State Highway Route 101 between the
Ralston Avenue Exit in Belmont, California, to State Highway Route
92, the Civilian Women Volunteers All Wars Memorial Freeway; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with signing requirements for the state highway system, showing the
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit a copy of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation.
